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Beware the Jabberwock

Emma and Lucy are lost in Tulgey Wood, a mysterious forest full of weird
and wonderful creatures. Joined by intrepid but hapless knight Percy,
they come face to face with the awesome Jabberwock - and then Lucy is
bandersnatched! Eventually the Jabberwocks terrible secret is revealed,
and the children find out what "frumious" really means.

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Accolades

Scottish National Youth Final Winner 2012

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Appropriate for all audiences

Children (Age 6 - 10)

Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13)

Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Emma and Lucy are lost in Tulgey Wood, a mysterious forest full of weird and wonderful creatures. Trying to find their way home, they encounter boisterous Toves and anxious Raths, receive a warning from the refined and snobbish Borogroves about the deadly Jubjub Bird, and are stalked by the frumious Bandersnatch. Joined by intrepid but hapless knight Percy, they come face to face with the awesome Jabberwock - and then Lucy is bandersnatched! Eventually the Jabberwocks terrible secret is revealed, and the children find out what "frumious" really means.

Suggested by the poem "Jabberwocky," the play is set in the fantasy world of Lewis Carroll's Alice' stories. Shortlisted in Scottish and Welsh playwriting competitions, one judge commented "it has the same delightfully confusing dialogue of Carroll's work and brings back fond memories of reading these stories as a child. Wonderfully cryptic nonsensical moments as well as moments of philosophical clarity made me smile and wonder. This play will go down a treat with children and adults alike."

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Ron Nicol is an award-winning Scottish playwright published in the UK, the USA, and the Netherlands, who has written more than fifty one-act dramas, comedies, plays for young people, full length plays, and pantomimes. His work has been produced in the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Germany ...

Beware the Jabberwock was first produced by Glenrothes Theatre Company’s Junior Players in June 2007. It was directed by Norma Nicol. The first USA production was by Springside School in Philadelphia in November 2009.